Chuck Wendig offered up his blog, Terribleminds, to guest bloggers while he’s off enjoying the Sundance Film Festival. Even though the thought of writing a post — especially one of a calibre befitting Chuck’s blog — scared the crap out of me, I leapt.

I pitched my idea to him this way: “I’ll tell you about the most disgusting thing that’s ever happened to me, and what it taught me about life.”